However, when it comes to clogs I have the claim on them. Years of practice for the traditional clog dancing for the Eisteddfod season rendered the best bored face I could muster to prevent any revelation of my disdain for Welsh clog dancing. I love dancing and I love clogs but my school participation in clog dancing was supplemented by extra curricular ballet and Irish dancing, both far superior to clog dancing. There I've said it!
The traditional Welsh clog dancing, making the right stepping beat, plus my own spirited interpretation (as was encouraged) never put me off the wearing of clogs, because outside of the stricture of the performance they were great to wear. I moved on from the traditional clogs to Swedish ones which I could get away with wearing outside of the house and this love of clogs has been a secret until now, mainly on Mr MDS's insistence. Come on who would 'fess up to this.
Whether you like them or not Karl Lagerfeld has propelled me into the fashion forward stakes with his inclusion of clogs in the Chanel S/S 10 ready to wear collection. My battered old black numbers will have to be replaced by one of these!
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Hi there-these new ones are rather nice and would go with anything too!!
ReplyDeleteOK, now I'm starting to sound like my mum...I too like clogs but don't you find the wooden soles make your feet hurt?
ReplyDeleteI used to love clogs. And these Chanel ones are pretty...
ReplyDeleteSo funny. My 2 first pairs of shoes were clogs - a red pair and a black pair, that my parents still have somewhere! They didn't look as good as these ones though
ReplyDeleteAnother perfect post from you ! Chanel and dancing.... now there is a combination worth having !
ReplyDeleteI usually associate clogs with Hanna Andersson (for my girls) but these reinterpreted ones are pretty cool. Worn with glorious Chanel, of course!
ReplyDeleteI'm with "Thats not my age" Don't they hurt? xx
ReplyDeleteLOL! show me your collection :D Isn't if fun to be ahead of the game.
ReplyDeleteYou chose some good photos from chanel, on the whole I thought the collection was nasty.
ReplyDeleteWell I've always found them comfy because I have such a high arch and the cut of the clog give my foot a good fit. I find the same with my Pierre Hardy for Gap shoes I bought a while ago.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny usually I abhor Kaiser Karl's tat - he does do it every so often, remember Chanel in the 80s! But this time I thought there were some real gems in this collection which is borderline wrong/tat.
I also thought Coco would approve of the use of an artisan piece like the clog but she's have done it with more style.
OMG, I've never seen worse. He's obviously got a sense of humour - any reason why those darling little outfits can't be worn with kitten heels? Or a wedge?
ReplyDeleteI'm not a clog wearer. We Irish have never worn clogs. We don't have the feet for clogs. Damnation!
OMG clogs are back. I will so free my old clogs from their shoe boxes. : )
ReplyDeleteLove 'em. Always have.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was about nine, or maybe younger, I had two pair of patent clogs: a red pair and a white pair.
After that, I had various Swedish numbers. Much later, I had a pair of Coach ones I donated and I wish I hadn't.
Now I have Danskos. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
Enc - you are a clog trouper. Mine have fallen apart now and I've been thinking what to buy so I really do think I'll save the pennies and go for Chanel.
ReplyDeleteI'm love clogs and always feel simultaneously sexy and stupendously nerdy in them. I think I feel good because it takes guts to wear them, and bad because they are genuinely pretty unattractive. But I have some very pretty Cole Haan ones I adore.
ReplyDeletexoxo
Oh, and I just saw that you linked to me! Thank you so much! Mwah!
ReplyDeleteBest, Julia
I do love a good clog. I have a pair that I got when I was an undergrad (many years ago)that are in leopard and every time I wear them I get compliments.
ReplyDeleteAh you see your clog tales have cheered me up!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw the clogs I was like no f'ing way! But then the low heel black ones with the white camellias came along, and I thought hmm I will own those by March ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw the clogs I was like no f'ing way! But then the low heel black ones with the white camellias came along, and I thought hmm I will own those by March ;-)
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely! xx
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